Abyssal rainbow gar

Else Bostelmann illustration, 1934

The abyssal rainbow gar is a hypothetical species of fish observed by William Beebe while in his bathysphere on 11 August 1934, at a depth of 2,500 feet (760 metres) off the coast of Bermuda.[1][2]

  1. ^ Beebe, William (1934). Half Mile Down (PDF). New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company. p. 208–209.
  2. ^ Matsen, Brad (2007). Descent: The Heroic Discovery of the Abyss. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. ISBN 9780307425492.